Vehicle-step



(No Model.)

WALTON s J. H. SMITH.

VEHICLE STEP. No. 477,119.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL HOUSTON WALTON AND JAMES II. SMITH, OEBELTON, TEXAS.

VEHICLE-STEP..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 477,719, dated une 28,1892. Application filed November 2, 1891. Serial No. 410,668. (Nomodul.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beitknownthatwe,SAMUELlIousToN WAL- TON and JAMES I-I. SMITH, citizensof the United States, residing at Belton, in the county of Bell andState of Texas, have invented a new and useful Vehicle-Step, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in steps for vehicles.

The object of the present invention is to provide for vehicles a stepwhich will be simple and inexpensive in construction and when not in usewill be entirely out of the way.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings. and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a step constructed inaccordance with this invention, the parts being shown in operativeposition. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view, the parts beingfolded. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the lower end of thesliding bar,

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

l designates a sliding bar arranged in keepers or guides 2 and 3, anddesigned to be secured by them to the body of a vehicle and having itsupper end 4 bifurcated and pivoted to a reduced end 5 of a step G. Thebar l is vertically disposed and is adapted to be lifted sufficiently toallow the step G, which is hinged to the bar l by a pivot '7, to beswung down in a horizontal position and to rest on the upper keeper 3,as illustrated in Fig. l of the accompanying drawings. The

step 6 is provided at its outer end with a projecting ange or lip 8,which prevents the foot slipping off the step, and the latter when notin use is folded against the body of a vehicle, and is maintained inthat position by a spring 9, which is secured to the body and to thelower end of the bar l. The bar 1 has its lower portion l0 reduced toform shoulders l1 to limit the movement of the bar, and the keeper orguide 2 has a smaller opening than the keeper or guide 3 to accommodatethe reduced portion lO.

It will be seen that the step is simple and comparatively inexpensive inconstruction, adapted to be readily applied to the body of a vehicle,and is capable when not in use of being folded out of the way againstthe body of the vehicle.

The keepers 2 and 3 are secured to the body by bolts, screws, or thelike, or by any other suitable means.

What we claim isl. A step for vehicles, comprising guides or keepers, asliding bar arranged in the guides or keepers, and a step hinged to theupper end of the sliding bar and adapted to be swung down in ahorizontal position when the bar is raised and to be maintained in avertical po sition when the bar is lowered, substantially as described.

2. A step for vehicles, comprising guides or keepers, a bar sliding inthe same, a step hinged to the upper end of the bar and adapted to belowered to a horizontal position, and a spring attached to the slidingbar to hold the latter normally lowered, substantially as as described.

3. A step for vehicles, comprising guides or keepers, a bar sliding inthe same and provided with shoulders to limit its movement, a stephinged to the upper end of the bar and adapted to be lowered to ahorizontal position, and a spring connected with the bar, substantial] yas and for the purpose described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoafiixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

SAM. HOUSTON WALTON. JAMES H. SMITH.

Witnesses R. PETERSON, T. W. HYDE.

